Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Apparently ikea decided to trick everyone into "going green" by eliminating plastic shopping bags last year (and their production costs) - then got applauded for being cheap bastards! These days a customer's only options are buying canvas ikea bags for .59, bringing their own or hugging everything on the car trek.

Doesn't this discourage impulse buying? If I were on my way to a fabulous desk I wouldn't stop for glasses along the way. I'm clumsy and live on a hill - I need plastic bags, paper wrapping and bubble wrap if possible!

Plus think of the psychology of grocery stores - they give you huge carts so you can safely drag stuff around and continue tossing stuff in there without thinking of how to get it home. People in self-checkout lanes leave behind more goods than standard lanes because they're standing around looking at their stuff and have time to change their mind.